Barriers To Scaling Climate Tech

Name: Barriers To Scaling Climate Tech
Start: 2025-03-18T11:00:00+00:00

This webinar will look at the barriers faced by climate tech scale ups when scaling and promoting the adoption of innovative ‘climate tech’ solutions, as well as providing an overview of the key barriers (whether these are financial, business, policy and regulatory) holding back the British climate tech sector.

In the session, we will hear from members of the new Climate Tech Policy Coalition. With the Industrial Strategy being prepared, focus on growth and how the UK government can support innovative climate tech companies in achieving growth and net zero. We will also hear from Buffy Price of CarbonRE who has extensive experience on developing ‘climate tech’.

Agenda:

11:00 – 11:05: Welcome and intros (Mia Haffety, techUK, Chair)
11:05 – 11:20: The Climate Tech Policy Coalition report: Charlie Mercer, Startup Coalition / Cathal Hughes, Undaunted.
11:20 – 11:45: The founder experience: What issues and challenges do founders face scaling their climate businesses: Buffy Price, COO, CarbonRE.
11:45 – 12:30: Panel discussion + attendee Q&A: What are the barriers to scaling climate tech.

Speakers Include:

Craig Melson
Associate Director – Climate, Environment and Sustainability, techUK
Mia Haffety
Policy Manager - Digital Economy, techUK
Charlie Mercer
Policy Director, Startup Coalition
Cathal Hughes
ClimateTech Manager, Undaunted
Buffy Price
Co-Founder & COO, Carbon Re

Date: 18 March 2025

Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm

Organised by:

techUK

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